Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Amphioxus: an unusual model gives insight into chordate development and regeneration

Ildiko Somorjai, University of St Andrews, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Organ morphogenesis: Cell movement and communication in liver development

Elke Ober, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 17 May 2013, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

The mechanical control of CNS development and functioning

Dr Kristian Franze. PDN, University of Cambridge.

Main Lecture Theatre, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 16 May 2013, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

The evolutionary dynamics of unusual reproductive systems.

Hosts: Eli Vieira Araujo Jnr and John Welch

Dr Laura Ross from the Department of Zoology, University of Oxford ..

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 16 May 2013, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Adaptive evolution of voltage-gated sodium channels: stories from electric fish, scorpions and mice

Harold Zakon, University of Texas at Austin, USA.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 15 May 2013, 13:00-14:00

A Year at the Synapse: where Pre meets Post

"GABA-A receptor membrane dynamics and the tuning of inhibitory transmission" & "Connectivity in a motor circuit: interplay of developmental plasticity and opportune wiring?"

Josef Kittler (UCL) & Jan Felix Evers (COS Heidelberg).

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, New MRC-LMB (Addenbrooke's site).

Tuesday 14 May 2013, 18:00-19:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Nutrient sensing in the central brain of Drosophila larvae controls feeding behavior

Pierre Léopold, Institute of Biology Valrose, University of Nice, France.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 10 May 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Tracking transmission and evolution of bacterial pathogens with high-throughput genomics.

Host: Frank Jiggins

Dr Julian Parkhill, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 09 May 2013, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A fine balance: Self-renewal and differentiation of single stem cells amidst tumour heterogeneity

David Kent, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 May 2013, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Sheep Models of Human Neurodegenerative Disease. How, where and why?

Prof Jenny Morton. PDN, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 02 May 2013, 16:00-17:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Energy and Life

Prof Sir John Ernest Walker.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 30 April 2013, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Regulation of neural and intestinal stem cell differentiation

Axel Behrens, CR-UK London Research Institute, Lincoln’s Inn Fields, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 April 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Sequence-based discovery of transcriptional targets.

Host: Boris Adryan

Dr Stein Aerts, Department of Human Genetics, KU Leuven University.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Wednesday 24 April 2013, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

"Curing Incurable Cancer"

James Watson.

Bristol Myers-Squibb lecture theatre Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Rd, Cambridge, CB2 1EW.

Tuesday 23 April 2013, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

The self-tuning neuron- homeostatic plasticity in visualcortical circuitry

Gina Turrigiano. Brandeis University, Massachusetts.

Hodgkin-Huxley Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 22 April 2013, 16:30-18:00

A Year at the Synapse: where Pre meets Post

CANCELLED!

Talk will be given at the next session

Josef Kittler, University College London.

Max Perutz Lecture Theatre, New MRC-LMB (Addenbrooke's site).

Monday 15 April 2013, 18:00-19:30

Genetics Seminar

Tips at the Edge: Regulation of Microtubule Dynamics at the Cell Cortex.

Professor Dr Anna Akhmanova from Cell Biology, Faculty of Science, Utrech University .

Biffen Lecture Theatre.

Thursday 14 March 2013, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

How curiosity turned into Science?

Dr Philip Ball.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 20:00-21:15

A Year at the Synapse: where Pre meets Post

Title to be confirmed

Juan Burrone, King's College London.

Gurdon Institute Tearoom, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 12 March 2013, 18:00-19:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Imaging Tools To Reverse Engineer The Brain

Winfried Denk. Director of Max Planck Institute for Medical Research.

Hodgkin-Huxley Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 11 March 2013, 16:30-18:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Foresight in Ancient Mesopotamia

Professor Francesca Rochberg, University of California, Berkeley.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 08 March 2013, 17:30-18:30

Foster Talks

Some assembly required: In vitro reconstitution of cellular structures

Professor Dan Fletcher. University of California Berkeley. .

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 March 2013, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Molecular mechanisms that mediate the adaptation to hypoxia in Drosophila.

Professor Pablo Wappner from Instituto Leloir, Argentina .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 07 March 2013, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The developmental, genetic, and adaptive bases of morphological evolution: the case of water-walking insects

Abderrahman Khila, Lyon, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 March 2013, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

What’s special about the human brain

Prof. Colin Blakemore.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 05 March 2013, 20:00-21:15

Darwin College Lecture Series

Foresight and Self-Control

Professor Terrie Moffitt, Duke University.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 01 March 2013, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Chromatin organisation in embryonic stem cells

Peter Rugg-Gunn, Babraham Institute, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 March 2013, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Mechanisms underlying the developmental origins of health and disease

Dr Sue Ozanne.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 28 February 2013, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Linking the mitotic spindle to the plasma membrane during cytokinesis.

Dr. Mark Petronczki from Cancer Research UK, London Research Institute, Clare Hall Laboratories .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 28 February 2013, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developmental plasticity and life history evolution in amphibians

Ivan Gomez-Mestre, Seville, Spain.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

POSTPONED: Energy and Life

Prof. Sir John Ernest Walker, MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit & Nobel Prize Laureate.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 26 February 2013, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Tools for the Brain: Using neural interfaces to restore motor function

Andrew Jackson, University of Newcastle upon Tyne, Insitute of Neuroscience.

Hodgkin-Huxley Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 25 February 2013, 16:30-18:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Foreseeing Space Weather

Dr Jim Wild, Lancaster University.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 22 February 2013, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Using bacterial pathogens to explore immunity and development in the nematode C. elegans

Jonathan Hodgkin, Department of Biochemistry, University of Oxford.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 February 2013, 13:15-13:55

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The spider Parasteatoda tepidariorum as a model to study the ancestral mechanisms of bilaterian metazoan development

Note unusual day and time

Hiroki Oda, Osaka, Japan.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Friday 22 February 2013, 12:00-13:00

Foster Talks

Depolarizing GABA actions in development and disease: back to the future

Professor Kai Kaila. Department of Biosciences, University of Helsinki. .

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 21 February 2013, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

How to maintain a stable genome: A Passenger Perspective.

Dr Susanne Lens from University Medical Centre Utrecht.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 21 February 2013, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of gastrulation in flies

Steffen Lemke, Heidelberg, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 20 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Ornamentation, Attraction and Sexual Behaviour

Dr Gayle Brewer.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 19 February 2013, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

On the Evolution of Reward Signals: A Computational Just-So Story

Andy Barto, University of Massachusetts.

Hodgkin-Huxley Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 18 February 2013, 16:30-18:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Foresight in Music

Professor Nicholas Cook, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 15 February 2013, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coping with life changing events: Stem cells, regeneration, and plasticity

Robin Lovell-Badge, MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 15 February 2013, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Food for thought: nutrients and neural stem cells in Drosophila

Dr Alex Gould. MRC National Institute for Medical Research, London..

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 February 2013, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Regulation of Muscle Stem Cell Fate

Professor Margaret Buckingham from Department of Developmental Biology, Pasteur Institute, Paris.

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 14 February 2013, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

The Unexpected Side of Entropy

Prof. Daan Frenkel.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 12 February 2013, 20:00-21:15

A Year at the Synapse: where Pre meets Post

"The presynaptic side of synapse formation" & TBC

Christine Holt (PDN) & Greg Jefferis (MRC-LMB).

Gurdon Institute Tearoom, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 12 February 2013, 18:00-19:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Circuit mechanisms of oscillations and representation of space in the entorhinal cortex

Matt Nolan, University of Edinburgh.

Hodgkin-Huxley Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 11 February 2013, 16:30-18:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Foresight in Scientific Method

Professor Hasok Chang, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 08 February 2013, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cytoplasmic streaming in the female germline and stem cell fate in the male germline of Drosophila

Isabel Palacios, Department of Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 08 February 2013, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

The microvasculature - an early marker/driver of CVD risk across the life-course

Professor Geraldine Clough. University of Southampton. .

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 February 2013, 16:00-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Hydra, a model for deciphering the principles of stem cells and regeneration

Brigitte Galliot, Geneva, Switzerland.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 February 2013, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Our shared destinies within the planet’s boundaries

Prof. Sir David King, former Chief Scientific Advisor.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 05 February 2013, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Neuropharmacology of visual attention in visual cortex

Alex Thiele University of Newcastle.

Hodgkin-Huxley Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 04 February 2013, 16:30-18:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Foresight and Fiction

Robert J Sawyer, Author.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 01 February 2013, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Transcriptional Control of Cell Fate Choice in Blood Stem Cells

Bertie Gottgens, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 February 2013, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Cell specification in the mouse blastocyst inner cell mass: interplay between Nanog, Gata6 and the Fgf signalling pathway.

Dr Claire Chazaud from Laboratoire GReD, France .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 31 January 2013, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

The mitotic checkpoint - a structural perspective.

Dr. Victor Bolanos Garcia, Oxford Brookes University, UK .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Wednesday 30 January 2013, 16:45-17:30

Genetics Seminar

Quantification and modeling of spindle positioning and size regulation in the C. elegans embryo

Dr. Akatsuki Kimura, National Institute of Genetics, Japan .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Wednesday 30 January 2013, 16:00-16:45

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Incomprehensible Comprehensibility of the Universe

Prof. Rev. Michal Heller, Templeton Prize Laureate.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 29 January 2013, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Memory codes and their transformation in bee brain

Randolf Menzel, Frieie University of Berlin.

Hodgkin-Huxley Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 28 January 2013, 16:30-18:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Foresight in Journalism

Ms Bridget Kendall, BBC.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 25 January 2013, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Spindle orientation and cell division in Drosophila epithelial cells

Dan Bergstrahl, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 January 2013, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Pituitary hypoplasia and decreased GnRH neurogenesis in Sox2-deficient Mice

Dr. Juan Pedro Martinez-Barbera. UCL Institute of Child Health.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 24 January 2013, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Hox Control of a Drosophila Feeding Circuit.

Professor Dr Ingrid Lohmann from The Centre for Organismal Studies (COS) Heidelberg .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 24 January 2013, 14:30-15:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Inhibition and Odour discrimination in mice

Andreas Schaefer Heidelberg.

Hodgkin-Huxley Room, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 21 January 2013, 16:30-18:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Foresight in Ancient Civilisations

Professor Sir Geoffrey Lloyd, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 18 January 2013, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissecting the role of stem cells in tissue development and maturation

Kim Jensen, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 January 2013, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

The human endometrium - dynamics and disorders

Professor Philippa Saunders. University of Ediburgh. .

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 17 January 2013, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Perspectives on Next Generation DNA Sequencing.

Dr Harold Swerdlow from Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 10 January 2013, 14:30-15:30

A Year at the Synapse: where Pre meets Post

Seeing what the brain sees: functional imaging in the zebrafish retina

Martin Meyer, King's College London.

Gurdon Institute Tearoom, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 08 January 2013, 18:00-19:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Integrative evolutionary biology: a need for interdisciplinary studies of development, ecology and population genetics

Ralf J. Sommer, Max-Planck Institute for Developmental Biology, Tübingen, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 12 December 2012, 13:00-14:00

A Year at the Synapse: where Pre meets Post

"Dynamics of AMPAR assembly: from formation to channel function" & TBC

Ingo Greger (MRC-LMB) & Ole Paulsen (PDN).

Gurdon Institute Tearoom, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 11 December 2012, 18:00-19:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of body axes in Eumetazoa: what can we learn from Cnidaria?

Grigory Genikhovich, University of Vienna, Austria.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 05 December 2012, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of dorsoventral patterning in insects

Siegfried Roth, University of Cologne, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 28 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Time to grow up?

Prof. David Nutt.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 27 November 2012, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Functional nuclear organization of the genome: from cell populations to single cell analyses

Peter Fraser, Babraham Institute.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 November 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

An as-if model of economic decision making

Dr Ian Krajbich. Department of Economics, University of Zurich .

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 22 November 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Mechanisms of Transcriptional Repression during Development.

Dr Barbara Jennings from the Transcriptional Regulation Group, UCL Cancer Institute .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 22 November 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Developing innovation from regeneration: how the pufferfish got its beak

Gareth Fraser, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Plastic Electronics

Prof. Sir Richard Friend.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 20 November 2012, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Adrian Lecture Cancelled

Please note the Adrian Lecture scheduled for this date is cancelled.

Eve Marder. Brandeis University, Mass. USA.

The Main Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 19 November 2012, 16:30-18:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Decoding the Notch signal

Sarah Bray, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 16 November 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

A histone tail: Pre-messenger RNA splicing and the coordinated control of gene expression

Dr Tracy Johnson. UC San Diego..

Bryan Matthews Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Friday 16 November 2012, 10:00-11:00

Foster Talks

Combinatorial and Dynamic Control Logic within pathogen-responsive Gene Regulatory Networks

Professor Alexander Hoffmann. University of California San Diego. .

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 15 November 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

Systems-based, quantitative analyses of genomic function and variation.

Dr Bart Deplancke from EPFL Lausanne .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 15 November 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Control of segmentation clock period and segment number in the zebrafish

Christian Schroeter, University of Cambridge, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Does Time Exist?

Dr Julian Barbour.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 13 November 2012, 20:00-21:15

A Year at the Synapse: where Pre meets Post

Determinants of broadband signaling at a central synapse

Angus Silver, University College London.

Gurdon Institute Tearoom, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 13 November 2012, 18:00-19:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Genetic Dissection of the Fly Visual Course Control

Axel Borst.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 12 November 2012, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

How variable clones build an invariant retina

Benjamin Simons, Cavendish Laboratory/ Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 09 November 2012, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Seminar

Gene expression divergence recapitulates the developmental hourglass model.

Dr Pavel Tomancak from MPI for Cell Biology, Dresden .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 08 November 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Shedding light on lunar rhythms

Kristin Tessmar-Raible, Max F. Perutz Laborarories/ University of Vienna, Austria.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 November 2012, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The role of Dicer and miRNAs in regulating neural stem cell multipotency

Therese Andersson, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge..

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 November 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Auxin, self-organisation and the colonial nature of plants

Dr Ottoline Leyser. Sainsbury Laboratory, Cambridge. .

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 01 November 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Seminar

PTEN phosphatase-independent maintenance of apical membrane integrity during colorectal glandular morphogenesis.

Professor F. C. Campbell from the Centre for Cancer Research & Cell Biology, Queen's University, Belfast .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 01 November 2012, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Controlling Cell Division

Sir Richard 'Tim' Hunt.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 30 October 2012, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 29 October 2012, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissection of the cellular and molecular hierarchy of the bronchioalveolar epithelium in homeostasis and disease

Juan-Jose Ventura, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 October 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Space, sleep, brain rhythms and memory

Dr Mayank Mehta. UCLA..

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 25 October 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Provisional Title - A Life in Science : from academia to industry to political decision making and back

Sr Peter Williams CBE FREng FRS (The Royal Society).

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 25 October 2012, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

A life in science: from academia to industry and back.

Sir Peter Williams from The Royal Society .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 25 October 2012, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

The Science of Art

Dr Spike Bucklow.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 23 October 2012, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Balancing cell potency and specification in stem cells and in the early embryo

Veronique Azuara, Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 19 October 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

What is evidence-based reproductive medicine and what part did the Physiology Department in Cambridge play historically in its development?

Professor Martin Johnson. Cambridge University. .

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 18 October 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Title to be confirmed

Dr Alexander Aulehla - EMBL Heidelberg.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 18 October 2012, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Seminar

Phase-shifted gene-activity oscillations during embryo development - a real-time imaging approach.

Dr Alexander Aulehla from EMBL Heidelberg .

Part II Room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 18 October 2012, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Molecules of Murder

Dr John Emsley.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 16 October 2012, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Deciphering gene regulatory circuitry underlying early steps of neural crest development

Tatjana Sauka-Spengler, Weatherall Institute of Molecular Medicine, University of Oxford.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 12 October 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

The Promises of a Polychrome Retina

Professor Bill Harris. Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Cambridge University .

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 11 October 2012, 16:00-17:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Can Nurture Influence Nature?

Prof. Sir David Baulcombe.

Department of Pharmacology Lecture Theatre.

Tuesday 09 October 2012, 20:00-21:15

A Year at the Synapse: where Pre meets Post

"Synaptic transfer of visual information in the retina" & "Molecules that sense taste, force, and temperature in neurons"

Leon Lagnado (MRC-LMB) & William Schafer (MRC-LMB).

Gurdon Institute Tearoom, Tennis Court Road.

Tuesday 09 October 2012, 18:00-19:30

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

Cellular Mechanics of Morphogenetic Movements

Enrique Martín-Blanco , Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona, Spain.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Thursday 05 July 2012, 16:00-16:45

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

"Science, Computation and the Future"

Stephen Wolfram.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry.

Thursday 14 June 2012, 20:00-21:15

Foster Talks

Food for thought: visceral control of nutritional decisions in Drosophila

Dr Irene Miguel-Aliag, Dept of Zoology.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 June 2012, 16:00-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

From apical organs to the bilaterian forebrain: Duplication and divergence of neural circuits in central nervous system evolution

note unusual location

Detlev Arendt, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany..

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 13 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

Foster Talks

Sequencing nucleic acids: from chemistry to life sciences and personalised medicine

Prof. Shankar Balasubramanian, Dept of Chemistry.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 June 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Rapid evolution of mammalian genomes and transcriptomes

Chris Ponting, MRC Functional Genomics Unit, Department of Physiology Anatomy & Genetics, University of Oxford.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 07 June 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Developmental and Evolutionary Dynamics of the Gap Gene System

note unusual location

Johannes Jaeger, CRG Barcelona.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 06 June 2012, 13:00-14:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution, function and control of diverse products from microRNA loci

note unusual location

Matthew Ronshaugen, University of Manchester, UK.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A quantitative view of gene expression levels

Sarah Teichmann, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 May 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Mechanism regulating neural differentiation

Prof. Kate Storey, Cell and Devlopmental Biology division, University of Dundee.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 24 May 2012, 16:00-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Fitting pieces and further puzzles - What 'nobody' can tell about the evolution of arthropod neurogenesis

Georg Brenneis, Humboldt University Berlin, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 23 May 2012, 13:00-14:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Finding the correct pairing partner during meiosis: events inside and outside the nucleus

Enrique Martinez-Perez, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 May 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Origin and properties of adult neural stem cells in the zebrafish brain: role of Notch signaling

Room changed

Prof. Laure Bally-Cuif, University of Paris Sud, France.

Main Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 17 May 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Evolutionary dynamics and adaptive benefits of emergency and modular rearrangements of protein domains

Prof. Erich Bornberg-Bauer PhD, Institute for Evolution and Biodiversity School of Biol.Sciences, University of Muenster.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 17 May 2012, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Department Seminar Series

“New Insights into the Mechanisms and Selectivity of Protein Degradation by the Proteasome Pathway”

Alfred Lewis Goldberg - Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School ( guest of St Johns College).

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 15 May 2012, 10:30-12:00

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Hippocampal interneuron types specifically related to complex behaviours

Tamas Freund. Institute of Experimental Medicine, Budapest, Hungary.

Hodgkin-Huxley Seminat Room, Physiology Building.

Monday 14 May 2012, 16:30-17:30

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Cancer, Development & Adult Tissue Maintenance

Prof. Nicholas Hastie MRC HGU and the Institute of Genetics and Molecular Medicine.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Monday 14 May 2012, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Transcriptional and post-transcriptional mechanisms regulating epidermal stem cell fate

Michaela Frye, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 May 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Epo's impact on exercise performance

Prof. Max Gassmann, University of Zurich, Swisserland.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 10 May 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Bending the not so simple mind of the fruit fly

Scott Waddell Ph.D Professor of Neurobiology, University of Oxford.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 10 May 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution of the molecular basis of thermotolerance, focussing on the embryos of an invasive marine invertebrate

note unusual time

Seb Shimeld, University of Oxford, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 May 2012, 12:00-13:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Molecules of touch and taste sensation

William Schafer, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 May 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Synaptic time-windows underlying neurodevelopmental disorders

Dr Rhiannon Meredith, Center for Neurogenomics and Cognitive Research, Netherlands.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 03 May 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

“Target site recognition of Hox transcription factors by means of rapid, “trial-and-error” interactions with chromatin.”

Dimitros Papdopoulos, The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 03 May 2012, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Humour in Science

Dr Len Fisher.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 01 May 2012, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Near-optimal integration of evidence for decision-making in the rat.

Prof. Carlos Brody. Neuroscience Institute & Department of Molecular Biology, Princeton University.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 30 April 2012, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Interactions between stem cells and their niche in mammalian epidermis

Fiona Watt, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 April 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

How much calcium does caffeine release from the endoplasmic reticulum in a large snail neurone?

Prof. Roger Thomas, PDN.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 26 April 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Forks and Factories: Coordination and control of mammalian DNA replication

Dr Catherine Green, Department of Zoology.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 26 April 2012, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Roles of ADAM family metalloproteases in cardiovascular development

Atsuko Sehara-Fujisawa, Institute for Frontier Medical Sciences, Kyoto University, Japan.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 April 2012, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Genome-wide RNAi and HCS Microscopy approaches to dissect membrane traffic pathways

Professor Jez Simpson, University College Dublin.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 15 March 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The house mouse as a model system for evolutionary research

Diethardt Tautz, Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Ploen, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

"Stem Cell Bioprocessing: The Role of Chemical Engineering"

Prof Matalaris, Imperial College London.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Monday 12 March 2012, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Nonlinear dendritic processing in-vitro and in-vivo

Jackie Schiller, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Tecnion - Israel Institute of Technology, Haifa, Israel.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 12 March 2012, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The After Life

Professor Clive Gamble, University of Southampton.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 09 March 2012, 17:30-18:30

Foster Talks

Micro-RNAs, oscillations and neural progenitor maintenance

Prof. Nancy Papalopulu, Faculty of Life Sciences, Universtity of Manchester.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 08 March 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

“The mosquito immune response against malaria parasites”

Dr George K Christophides, Imperial College, London.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 08 March 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Genome evolution as seen from each of its genes: what "phylomes" can tell us about newly-sequenced species

Toni Gabaldon, CRG, Barcelona.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 07 March 2012, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

" Towards a Science of Cultural Evolution"

Alex Mesoudi.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 06 March 2012, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Dynamic regulation of dopamine transmission in the striatum

Stephanie Cragg, University of Oxford.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 05 March 2012, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Artificial Life

Professor Chris Bishop, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 02 March 2012, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The roles of the interaction between the APC/C and the centrosome in the cell cycle and development in Drosophila

Yuu Kimata, Genetics, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 02 March 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Symphony of a thousand hair cells: orchestrating auditory development

Prof. Corne Kros, Dept. of Biology and Environmental Science, University of Sussex.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 01 March 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

The development and structure of the insect cuticle

If you wish to talk to the speaker please contact the Host, Boris Adryan on b.adryan@gen.cam.ac.uk

Bernard Moussian, University of Tubingen.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 01 March 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Morphological and molecular evolution of the arthropod nervous system: new insights from studies on the waterflea Daphnia magna

Angelika Stollewerk, Queen Mary, University of London.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 29 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

"The natural and enhanced mathematical brain"

Dr Roi Cohen Kadoch.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 28 February 2012, 19:00-20:15

Darwin College Lecture Series

Life and Death of a Cell

Professor Ron Laskey, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 24 February 2012, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Mapping Morphogenesis

Richard Adams, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 24 February 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Polycomb complexes co-associate with a specific RNA polymerase II variant in ES cells

Prof. Ana Pombo, Imperial College London.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 23 February 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

The sperms’ hidden cargo; a distinctive epigenetic signature for the egg?

Dr David Miller, University of Leeds.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 23 February 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

What's in a Wing? Transcriptome analysis of bat limb development

Mandy Mason, NIMR, London, UK and University of Cape Town, South Africa.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 22 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

“Modelling aspects of tumour growth and progression”

Prof Philip Maini.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 21 February 2012, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Biological precursors of the number sense

Andreas Nieder, University of Tubingen, Germany.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 20 February 2012, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Life in Conflict

Dr Mark de Rond, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 17 February 2012, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A histone marks embryonic differentiation and acts as an epigenetic barrier to reprogramming

Vincent Pasque (Gurdon lab), Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 17 February 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Decision-making in animal collectives

Dr Gonzalo de Polavieja, Cajal Institute, Spain.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 16 February 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Molecular regulation of Wallerian axonal degeneration

Dr Michael Coleman, Babraham Institute, Cambridge.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 16 February 2012, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

“Astrophysicist - Speaker of the Parliament”

Prof Ene Ergma.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 14 February 2012, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Brain maps for space

Edvard Moser, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, (NTNU) Trondheim, Norway.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 13 February 2012, 15:30-16:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Life in the Ancient World

Dr Michael Scott, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 10 February 2012, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Nanoscale Tools for the Silencing of Genes in the Brain

Kostas Kostarelos, The School of Pharmacy, University of London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 10 February 2012, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

A sixth sense: the development and evolution of vertebrate electroreceptors

Dr Clare Baker, Dept. of PDN.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 09 February 2012, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Exploring the origin of leaves

Dr Jill Harrison, Department of Plant Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 09 February 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Drosophila segmentation paradigm: A product of molecular co-option and the blind clock breaker?

Andrew Peel, Institute of Molecular Biology and Biotechnology, Crete.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 08 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

“Fingerprints of the Early Universe”

Hiranya Peiris.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 07 February 2012, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Wiring the brain: RNA-based mechanisms in guiding axon growth

Christine Holt, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 06 February 2012, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Spark of Life

Professor Frances Ashcroft, University of Oxford.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 03 February 2012, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

SHiPSCs, Naïve Human Pluripotent Stem Cells?

Pentao Liu, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 February 2012, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

The family of mitochondrial transport proteins

Edmund R.S. Kunji - The Medical Research Council, Mitochondrial Biology Unit.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 02 February 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The gap junction protein Innexin7 is required for cellularization of the Tribolium blastoderm

Maurijn van der Zee, University of Leiden.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 01 February 2012, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

"Biologically-Inspired Massively-Parallel Computing"

Prof Steve Furber.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 31 January 2012, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Physicians as Scientists: Abnormal eye movement seen in the clinic can teach us how the brain works

David Zee, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA & John Leigh, Case Western Reserve University, CLeveland, Ohio, USA.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 30 January 2012, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Life in Ruins

Dr Robert Macfarlane, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 27 January 2012, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Embryonic enigmas: geminin regulation and function in stem cells

Ron Laskey, Hutchison/MRC Research Centre, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 January 2012, 13:15-13:55

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

"Proton Therapy: Particle physics fights cancer"

Prof Roger Barlow.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 24 January 2012, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Oscillatory dynamics in the hippocampus: a model system to study information routing in the brain

Dimitri Kullman, Queen Square, London.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 23 January 2012, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

From Genomes to the Diversity of Life

Professor Michael Akam, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 20 January 2012, 17:30-18:30

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Exploring epistasis maps of cellular processes

Professor Michael Boutros, DKFZ Heidelberg.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 19 January 2012, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Origin of developmental plasticity in basal chordates

Stefano Tiozzo, Observatoire Océanologique de Villefranche-sur-Mer, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 30 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Everything from nothing: how our universe was made

Prof Carlos Frenk.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 29 November 2011, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Heart development and ageing

Thomas Brand, Heart Science Centre, Imperial College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 November 2011, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Mechanisms and regulation of DNA recombination during meiosis

Matthew Neale - MRC Genome Damage and Stability Centre, University of Sussex.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 24 November 2011, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Axial homologies re-examined: a common ground plan at the base of Eumetazoa

Heather Marlow, EMBL Heidelberg, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 23 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

The Large Hadron Collider: answering Gauguin's questions about the Universe

Prof John Ellis.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 22 November 2011, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Oscillations and Neural Syntax

Annual Lecture

Gyorgy Buzsaki, Rutgers, Newark, USA.

Physiology Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 21 November 2011, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Anterior-posterior axis specification in the mammalian embryo

Tristan Rodriguez, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Imperial College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 November 2011, 13:15-13:55

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and development of morphology among populations and between species of Drosophila

Alistair McGregor, Oxford Brookes University, UK.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

The limits of science

Prof Peter Atkins.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 15 November 2011, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

What does smooth muscle development tell us about vascular disease susceptibility?

Christine Cheung, Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 November 2011, 13:15-13:55

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Setting up embryonic polarity in the hydrozoan Clytia hemisphaerica

Evelyn Houliston, Developmental Biology Unit, CNRS/Université Pierre et Marie Curie, Villefranche-sur-mer, France.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 09 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Multiple Sclerosis Genetics - light at the end of the tunnel

Prof Stephen Sawcer.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 08 November 2011, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Regulation of neuronal growth in a developing motor system – a Drosophila dendrite perspective

Matthias Landgraf, Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 November 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

The importance of nature (as opposed to nurture) in the development of cortical interneurons

Dr Simon Butt, Dept. of Physiology, Anatomy & Genetic, University of Oxford.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 03 November 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Changes in cell and tissue architecture in early stages of colorectal cancer

Professor Inke Näthke - Dundee Cancer Centre, University of Dundee.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 03 November 2011, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Patterning of the anterior non-segmented part of the insect head

Gregor Bucher, Georg August University Göttingen, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 02 November 2011, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Defeating Ageing with Regenerative Medicine

Professor Aubrey de Grey.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 01 November 2011, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

A fly's-eye view of epithelial polarity

Franck Pichaud, MRC Laboratory for Molecular Cell Biology, University College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 28 October 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

The egress mechanism of malaria parasites: surprising active participation of the host red cell membrane

Dr Virgilio Lew, PDN.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 27 October 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

The shape of things to come: from small G-proteins to cell polarity, cell-shape dynamics and cell-cell signalling

Veronica Grieneisen (The John Innes Centre, Norwich).

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 27 October 2011, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Oviparous chondrichthyans as emerging models of vertebrate development

(note unusual location)

Andrew Gillis, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, UK.

Main Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 26 October 2011, 13:00-14:00

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Optogenetics and Other Neural Circuit Analysis Tools

Ed Boyden MIT, Cambridge, USA.

Hodgkin-Huxley Seminat Room, Physiology Building.

Monday 24 October 2011, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Understanding cell shape: reconstituting actin polymerisation at the membrane-cytosol interface

Jenny Gallop, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 21 October 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Stemming Vision Loss using Stem Cells - Seeing is Believing

Prof. Peter Coffey, Institute of Ophthalmology, UCL.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 20 October 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Post-transcriptional regulation of human mitochondrial gene expression

Michal Minczuk - MRC Mitochondrial Biology Unit.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 20 October 2011, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

The commercialization of university research

Prof William Graham Richards.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions)..

Tuesday 18 October 2011, 20:00-21:15

Foster Talks

Dynamic aspects of the function and stoichiometry of ion channel complexes

Note unusual week day (Friday)

Prof. Yoshihiro Kubo, National Institute for Physiological Science, Japan.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Friday 14 October 2011, 16:00-17:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Taking shape: morphogenesis of Drosophila renal tubules

Helen Skaer, Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 14 October 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Genetic Shaping of Cells and Tissues.

Prof. Enrico Coen, Dept. of Cell & Developmental Biology, John Innes Centre.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 13 October 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

A genome-wide screen for developmental regulators of airway maturation regulators in Drosophila

Professor Christos Samakovlis - The Wenner-Gren Institute, Stockholm.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 13 October 2011, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Darkness visible: the search for the missing mass of the universe

Prof Subir Sarkar.

The Plant Sciences Lecture Theatre at the Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 11 October 2011, 20:00-21:15

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Integration of RNA- and ChIP-sequencing reveals two major gene expression levels in metazoa

Daniel Hebenstreit - MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 06 October 2011, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Department Seminar Series

A Drosophila Model for the role of ApoE in Alzheimer’s Disease

Paul Hopkins, King’s College London.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 05 July 2011, 11:00-12:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Transthyretin and Alzheimer's amyloid beta peptide - do two wrongs make a right?

Joel Buxbaum, MD PhD, Scripps Research Institute.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 28 June 2011, 11:00-12:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Map3k4 and Sry in mammalian sex determination

Andy Greenfield, MRC Harwell.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 10 June 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Actin + oocyte: Old love - new affairs

Melina Schuh, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 03 June 2011, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coincidence, cause & consequence: How can we know in developmental gene regulation?

Boris Adryan, Systems Biology Centre, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 May 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Stemming Vision Loss Using Stem Cells - Seeing is Believing

Prof Pete Coffey, Inst of Ophthalmology, University College London.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 26 May 2011, 16:00-17:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Genomics and development of the myriapod Strigamia maritima: an outgroup for comparison with insects and crustaceans

Michael Akam, Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 May 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Glutamine and its role in synaptic physiology

Dr
 Brian 
Billups, 
Dept of 
Pharmacology, Univ of 
Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 19 May 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

''Deciphering Mechanisms of Endoderm Development and Disease''

Dr Heiko Lickert - Institute of Stem Cell Research, German Research Centre for Enviromental Health, Munich.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 19 May 2011, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cilia in development and disease

Dominic Norris, MRC Harwell.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 13 May 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Calcium channels of vascular remodelling

Prof David J Beech, Inst of Membrane & Systems Biology, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Univ of Leeds.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 12 May 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

''How SUMO talks to ubiquitin''

Professor Ron Hay - Wellcome Trust Centre for Gene Regulation & Expression, University of Dundee.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 12 May 2011, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

'Infection and autoimmunity: there may be some advantages to co-habitation'

Prof Anne Cooke.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 10 May 2011, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

The adaption of rod photoreceptors to light

Gordon Fain, Department of Physiological Science, University of California, USA.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 09 May 2011, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissecting mRNA localisation mechanisms during Drosophila development

Simon Bullock, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 May 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Loopy Lungs in Alligators

Prof Colleen G. Farmer, Dept of Biology, Univ of Utah, Salt Lake City, USA.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 05 May 2011, 16:00-17:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

From Einstein to the Large Hadron Collider

Prof Jeff Forshaw.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 03 May 2011, 20:00-21:15

Foster Talks

Intrinsically irregular spiking in a class of cortical inhibitory interneuron

Dr Hugh Robinson, Dept of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Univ of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 28 April 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

''How Cells Defend Their Cytosol Against Bacterial Invasion''

Dr Felix Randow, MRC Laboratory of Molecular Biology, Cambridge.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 28 April 2011, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

'Sophisticated Small Satellites from Surrey'

Dr Stuart Eves.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 15 March 2011, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Making sense of scents, the mammalian olfactory system

Stuart Firestein, Department of Biological Sciences, Columbia University, New York.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 14 March 2011, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Science and Beauty of Nebulae

Dr Carolin Crawford, Institute of Astronomy, Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 11 March 2011, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Exploring the origin of leaves

Jill Harrison Plant, Sciences University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 March 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Physiological and pathological plasticity in identified hippocampal inhibitory interneurons

Dr
 Karri 
Lamsa,
 Dept 
of 
Pharmacology, 
Univ 
of 
Oxford.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 10 March 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Many ways to make ends meet: orchestration of DNA double-strand break repair processes by the NHEJ pathway

Prof. Aidan Doherty - Genome Damage & Stability Centre, University of Sussex..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 10 March 2011, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

[CANCELLED] From Genomes to Health

Sir Mark Walport.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 08 March 2011, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Neural circuits co-ordinating sleep, feeding and reward

Denis Burdakov, Dept of Pharmacology, Cambridge University.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 07 March 2011, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Terror by Beauty: Russo-Soviet perspectives

Professor Evgeny A Dobrenko, University of Sheffield.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 04 March 2011, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The Planar Cell Polarity pathway in lung development and disease

Charlotte Dean, MRC Harwell.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 March 2011, 13:15-13:55

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

The Coalition’s Vision for Science and Technology

David Willetts, MP.

Babbage Lecture Theater - New Museums Site.

Thursday 03 March 2011, 18:30-19:30

Foster Talks

Can physiology and neuroscience help us understand the financial markets?

Dr 
John 
Coates, 
Judge 
Business 
School, Univ of 
Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 03 March 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Transmissible cancers in dogs and Tasmanian devils

Dr Elizabeith Murchison - Cancer Genome Project, Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 03 March 2011, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Is it possible to break the World Land speed record again?

Andrew Green.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 01 March 2011, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

The ‘in’ and ‘out’ of hippocampal GABAergic interneurons

Peter Jonas, Institute of Science and Technology Austria, Vienna.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 28 February 2011, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Beauty & Happiness: Chinese perspectives

Professor Jason Kuo, University of Maryland.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 25 February 2011, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Morphogenesis of the adult abdominal epidermis of Drosophila: A matter of constriction and migration

Marcus Bischoff, Zoology University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 25 February 2011, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Gene Regulatory Networks for Vertebrate Mesoderm Specification

Dr Matt Loose, School of Biology, University of Nottingham.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 24 February 2011, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Magnetricity and Magnetic Monopoles

Prof Steven Bramwell.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 22 February 2011, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Temporal co-operation of distinct neuronal types in the hippocampus

Peter Somogyi, MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, University of Oxford.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 21 February 2011, 16:30-17:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Temporal co-operation of distinct neuronal types in the hippocampus

Peter Somogyi, MRC Anatomical Neuropharmacology Unit, University of Oxford:.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 21 February 2011, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Beauty & Attraction: in the eyes of the beholder

Professor Jeanne Altmann, Princeton University.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 18 February 2011, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Different flavours of myosin function drive tubulogenesis in the fly embryo

Katja Röper, PDN University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 18 February 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Physical aspects of collective cell migration

Dr 
Alexandre 
Kabla, 
Dept 
of 
Engineering, Univ of 
Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 17 February 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Comparative logical models of signalling networks in normal and transformed hepatocytes

Dr Julio Saez-Rodriguez - Group Leader at the European Bioinformatics Institute (EMBL-EBI). joint appointment at EMBL-Heidelberg, Genome Biology Unit, Cambridge..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 17 February 2011, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

When ideas have sex: the collective brain

Dr Matt Ridley.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 15 February 2011, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Brain neurons switch each other into pacemaker mode to drive locomotion

Wen-Chang-Li, School of University Sciences, University of St. Andrews.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 14 February 2011, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Sound of Beauty

Dr Elizabeth Eva Leach, University of Oxford.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 11 February 2011, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Transcriptional control of stem cell fate: keeping cells in the zone

Brian Hendrich, Centre for Stem Cell Research University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 11 February 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Infection and Autoimmunity: co‐habitation may be a good thing

Prof
. Anne 
Cooke, 
Dept 
of 
Pathology, Univ of 
Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 10 February 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Genetic approaches to metabolic disease

Dr Ines Barroso - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Hinxton.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 10 February 2011, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Twistors and Quantum Non-Locality

Sir Roger Penrose.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 08 February 2011, 20:00-21:15

Darwin College Lecture Series

Quantum Beauty

Professor Frank Wilczek, Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 04 February 2011, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The complex life of small RNAs

Eric Miska, Gurdon Institute University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 February 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

How form shapes function; from sensory neurones to the organisation of the primate cortex

Dr 
Mikko 
Juusola, 
Dept 
of 
Biomedical 
Science,
 Univ 
of 
Sheffield.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 03 February 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Embryo environment restricts the developmental plasticity of epiblast precursors

Dr Berenika Plusa - University of Manchester..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 03 February 2011, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Paul Dirac and the Religion of Mathematical Beauty

Graham Farmelo.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 01 February 2011, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

What it takes to become an auditory relay synapse

Gerard Borst, Department of Neuroscience, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre, Rotterdam.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 31 January 2011, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Beauty & The Grotesque

Jose Hernandez, Real Academia de Bellas Artes de San Fernando (Madrid).

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 28 January 2011, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Control of tissue growth by the Hippo signalling pathway in Drosophila

Nic Tapon, LRI Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 28 January 2011, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Stem Cells and Tissue Homeostasis

Dr 
Kim 
Jensen, 
Anne 
McLaren 
Laboratory 
for 
Regenerative 
Medicine.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 27 January 2011, 16:00-17:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

"The End of the Line": How Overfishing Is Changing the World And What We Eat

Charles Clover.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 25 January 2011, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Dynamics of population activity in visual cortex

Matteo Carandini, Institute of Ophthalmology, UC London.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 24 January 2011, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Beauty & Truth

Professor Lord Robert May of Oxford, University of Oxford.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 21 January 2011, 17:30-18:30

Foster Talks

Neurons feel the force ‐ Mechanosensitivity in the nervous system

Dr Kristian Franze, Dept of Physics & Dept of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Univ. of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 20 January 2011, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Integrating complex genomic datasets and high-throughput cancer cell line screens: linking drug response to molecular signatures

Dr Ultan McDermott - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute, Cambridge.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 20 January 2011, 14:30-15:30

Stem Cells & Regenerative Medicine

Some missing lincRNAs in Chromatin, Cancer and Stem Cells

Host: Tony Kouzarides, Gurdon Institute

John L. Rinn, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, Broad Institute, United States of America.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Department of Pharmacology, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 09 December 2010, 11:30-12:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Neural Circuits for rapid perceptual decisions under uncertainty

Zach Mainen, Champalimaud Neuroscience Programme, Gulbenkian Institute, Portugal.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 06 December 2010, 16:30-17:30

Foster Talks

On the Role of Nitrogen Oxides in Acclimatization/Adaptation to Hypoxia

Prof Martin Feelisch, University of Warwick.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 02 December 2010, 16:00-17:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Devilish decline: infectious cancer and the Tasmanian devil

Dr Elizabeth Murchison.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 30 November 2010, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

From reward to Punishment and Invigoration to Inhibition

Peter Dayan, Gatsby Computational Neuroscience Unit, UC London.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 29 November 2010, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Your inner frog - Can clues from evolution unlock the molecular development of the cerebellum?

Richard Wingate, MRC Centre for Developmental Neurobiology, King’s College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 November 2010, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Rotavirus Calciomics: An Opera in Several Acts

Prof Fabian Michelangeli, Instituto Venezolano de Investigaciones Científicas, Caracas, Venezuela.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 25 November 2010, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

The 4-dimensional E.coli chromosome: how a temporal programme can be encoded in a 2D genetic map.

Dr Andrew Travers - Fondation Pierre-Gilles de Gennes pour la Recherche, Paris..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 25 November 2010, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Volcanic eruptions: causes and consequences

Prof David Pyle.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 23 November 2010, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Optogenetics: development and application

Karl Deisseroth, Stanford University.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 22 November 2010, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Regulation of chromatin organization and epigenetic modifications in embryonic stem cells

Anton Wutz, Centre for Stem Cell Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 19 November 2010, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Title to be confirmed

Speaker to be confirmed.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 18 November 2010, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Mind the Gap (phase): kinase signalling cascades in mitotic control in fission yeast.

Prof. Iain Hagan - Paterson Institute, Manchester.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 18 November 2010, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Snake and Lobster - A Feast for MICCAI

Prof Guang-Zhong Yang.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 16 November 2010, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The regulation of skeletal muscle development by signaling molecules and microRNAs

Andrea Münsterberg, Biological Sciences, University of East Anglia, Norwich.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 12 November 2010, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

The nerve dependence of vertebrate limb regeneration

Prof Jeremy Brockes, University College London.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 11 November 2010, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Post-translational regulation of division versus differentiation in the embryonic nervous system.

Dr Anna Philpott - Hutchinson, MRC Cambridge..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 11 November 2010, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Verification of Quantum Mechanics

Dr Elham Kashefi.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Wednesday 10 November 2010, 20:00-21:15

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

The role of temporal fine structure in the perception of pitch and speech; influences of hearing loss and age

Brian Moore, Dept of Experimental Psychology, Cambridge University.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 08 November 2010, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coordinated regulation of cell divisions, migration and differentiation in the developing mouse brain

Francois Guillemot, Division of Molecular Neurobiology, National Institute for Medical Research.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 05 November 2010, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Analysis of synaptic connectivity and function in the cerebellum in vivo

Prof Henrik Jörntell, Lund University, Sweden.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 04 November 2010, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Rab protein evolution and the history of the eukaryotic endomembrane system

Prof. Mark Field - Dept of Pathology, Cambridge..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 04 November 2010, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hox targets in Drosophila

Rob White, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 29 October 2010, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Motor circuit dysfunction in a Drosophila model of Spinal Muscular Atrophy

Dr. Wendy Imlach, Center for Motor Neuron Biology and Disease, Department of Physiology and Cellular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 28 October 2010, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Stars and sequences - Genomics as a public science

Dr Simone Roedder, Institute of Science and Technology Studies, Bielefeld, Germany.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 28 October 2010, 14:30-15:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Synaptic processing of visual information in the retina of zebra fish

Leon Lagnado, Medical Research Council, Laboratory of Molecular Biology.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 25 October 2010, 16:30-17:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Neonatal diabetes: From Gene to Therapy

Prof Fran Ashcroft.

The Plant Science Lecture Theatre on Downing Site (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Friday 22 October 2010, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Tracking cell and cytoskeletal behaviour to understand tissue morphogenesis in fish and fly embryos

Guy Blanchard, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 October 2010, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Single cell genomics reveals chromosome instability in human cleavage stage embryogenesis

Dr Thierry Voet - Centre for Human Genetics, Leuven..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 21 October 2010, 14:30-15:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

RNA based therapies for neurological and muscle disease

Matthew Wood, Department of Physiology, Anatomy and Genetics, University of Oxford.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 18 October 2010, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Modelling early human cell fate decisions using pluripotent stem cells

Roger Pedersen, The Anne McLaren Laboratory for Regenerative Medicine, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 15 October 2010, 13:15-13:55

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

And now for something completely different – when engineers did maths and mathematicians talked to God

Dr Piers Bursill-Hall.

Bristol-Myers-Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road, Cambridge.

Tuesday 12 October 2010, 20:00-21:15

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Silencing chromosomes with Xist in embryonic and adult stem cells.

Dr Anton Wutz - Centre for Stem Cell Research, Cambridge..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 07 October 2010, 14:30-15:30

Genetics Department Seminar Series

'The UK Ladybird Survey: A model citizen science project'

Dr Remy Ware.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 15 July 2010, 14:30-15:30

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

Dissecting mRNA transport mechanisms in vivo and in vitro

Simon Bullock LMB.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 30 June 2010, 15:00-15:45

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

The evolution of panarthropod neurogenesis: conserved and derived characters

Angelika Stollewerk Queen Mary, University of London  .

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 16 June 2010, 15:00-15:45

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Epithelial morphogenesis: the role of polarity and adhesion during Drosophila tracheal system development"

Dr Marta Llimargas.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 10 June 2010, 14:30-15:30

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

Improved Information Search and Extraction from the Fruit Fly Genomics Literature

talk + demo

Ted Briscoe (and many others) Computer Laboratory, Cambridge.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 09 June 2010, 15:00-15:45

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Cell wars: competition through growth factor signalling

Eugenia Piddini, Gurdon Institute University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 04 June 2010, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Region-specific regulation of neurogenesis by mir-9

Nancy Papalopulu, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 28 May 2010, 13:15-13:55

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

Making an apical-lateral border in epithelial cells

Eurico de Sá Gurdon Institute and Department of Genetics, Cambridge.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 26 May 2010, 15:00-15:45

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Control of tissue size and shape in Drosophila

Barry Thompson, LRI Lincoln's Inn Fields Laboratories London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 21 May 2010, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Genetic analysis of organelle-specific unfolded protein responses".

Prof. David Ron.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 20 May 2010, 14:30-15:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

“To switch, or not to switch: how the brain answers the question”.

Angela Roberts, PDN..

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 17 May 2010, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epigenetic reprogramming in the mouse germ line: the repair connection

Petra Hajkova, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre Imperial College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 14 May 2010, 13:15-13:55

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

“Building the cognitive map - integration of metric and non-metric inputs by entorhinal and hippocampal neurons”.

Kate Jeffery, UCL..

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 10 May 2010, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epigenetic mechanisms in mammalian neurogenesis

Rick Livesey, Gurdon Institute University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 07 May 2010, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Small RNA and epigenetics in plants"

Prof. Sir David Baulcombe.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 06 May 2010, 14:30-15:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Len Fisher - Equations for Everyday Life

Len Fisher.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 04 May 2010, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Dissecting the role of signalling inhibition during the induction of pluripotency

Jose Silva, Wellcome Trust Centre for Stem Cell Research University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 30 April 2010, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Finding the middle ground: achieving a perfect metaphase plate"

Prof. Patrick Meraldi.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 29 April 2010, 14:30-15:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The odontode explosion: the origin of tooth-like structures in vertebrates

Gareth Fraser, Department of Animal and Plant Sciences, University of Sheffield.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 28 April 2010, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Synchrotron light: from Einstein's theories into a brilliant future

Prof Gerhard Materlik.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 27 April 2010, 20:00-21:15

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Fine-tuning BMP signaling during cell fate specification

Kristi Wharton, Brown University.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 April 2010, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Sums and products in beetleworld: fitness landscapes in Tribolium-Nosema interactions".

*****Please note that due to the current travel delays this talks could be postponed - we will keep you informed.

Dr Mathias Wegner.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 22 April 2010, 14:30-15:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

“Auditory processing in a "simple" nervous system: Lessons learned from crickets”.

Bertold Hedwig, Dept. of Zoology..

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 19 April 2010, 16:30-17:30

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

The smelly beginning: Development of the olfactory network in Drosophila larvae

Lucia Prieto Godino, Department of Zoology, Cambridge.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 24 March 2010, 16:00-16:45

Foster Talks

Molecular and cellular mechanisms for cold sensing'

Prof Carlos Belmonte.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 11 March 2010, 16:00-17:00

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

Investigating the role of the protein TDP-43 in the pathogenesis of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis using a Drosophila model

Jenna Gregory, Department of Genetics, Cambridge.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 10 March 2010, 16:00-16:45

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Sir David Baulcombe - Of Maize and Men

Sir David Baulcombe.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 09 March 2010, 20:00-21:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Risk and (Human-induced) Climate Change

Professor Bob Watson, University of East Anglia.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 05 March 2010, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Coupling organelle capacity to the cell's needs

David Ron, Institute of Metabolic Sciences, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 05 March 2010, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

‘Seeing is believing: imaging Ca2+-signalling events in living cells’

GL BROWN PRIZE LECTURE

Prof Graham McGeown, Queen's University, Belfast.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 04 March 2010, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Oversight of Stem Cell Research and Gene Therapy in Clinic"

Dr John Connolly - Head of Cell & Gene Therapies, Dept of Health, London.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 04 March 2010, 14:30-16:30

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

Analysis of morphogenesis of the adult abdominal epidermis of Drosophila by 4D microscopy

  Marcus Bischoff, Department of Zoology, Cambridge.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 03 March 2010, 16:00-16:45

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Gene cluster genesis, diversification and decay in animal evolution.

Sebastian Shimeld, Department of Zoology, University of Oxford..

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 03 March 2010, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

The Oil And Gas Industry: The Next 30 Years

Mr Henry Edmundson - Schlumberger.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 02 March 2010, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

It’s all about context: How the auditory system helps us notice change

Katrin Krumbholz, University of Nottingham..

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 01 March 2010, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Risk and Natural Catastrophes

Professor Mark Bailey, Armagh Observatory.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 26 February 2010, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Lung epithelial progenitor cells in development and repair

Emma Rawlins, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 26 February 2010, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

' The mechanics of tissue morphogenesis '

Dr Thomas Lecuit - Developmental Biology Institute, Marseilles..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 25 February 2010, 17:00-18:00

Foster Talks

"Development and organisation of connectivity in an embryonic motor

Dr Matthias Landgraf.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 25 February 2010, 16:00-17:00

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

Regulation of neural stem cell fates in the Drosophila optic lobe

Boris Egger, Gurdon Institute, Cambridge.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Wednesday 24 February 2010, 16:00-16:45

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Prof Andrew Lever - Getting Intimate With HIV

Prof Andrew Lever.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 23 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

CANCELLED "Wiring the brain: how axons are guided to their targets"

This talk has had to be cancelled, it will be re-scheduled.

Prof. Christine Holt, PDN..

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 22 February 2010, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Risk, Security and Terrorism

Professor Lucia Zedner, University of Oxford.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 19 February 2010, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Shaping and patterning the embryo: Gastrulation in higher vertebrates

Octavian Voiculescu, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 19 February 2010, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Autocorrelation and Pinwheels in Primary Visual Cortex’

Prof Horace Barlow and Dr David Berry, PDN, Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 18 February 2010, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Genetics of common obesity - what have we learned from genome-wide association studies?"

Dr Ruth Loos - MRC Epidemiology Unit, Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 18 February 2010, 14:30-16:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Prof Kevin Warwick - Cyborg Experiments

Prof Kevin Warick, Professor for Cybernetics at the University of Reading.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 16 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Risk and Humanities

Professor Mary Beard, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 12 February 2010, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The development of brain asymmetry - from genes to circuits

Steve Wilson, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 12 February 2010, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

"Useful or just trendy? Using physics to solve biological problems"

Dr Miodownik- King's College London.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 11 February 2010, 16:00-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The Choanoflagellates: Sister Group to Metazoa

Barry SC Leadbeater, University of Birmingham.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 10 February 2010, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

The Logic of Foraging

Followed by a wine reception

Dr. Daniel Lunn.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 09 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Risk and Government: The architectonics of blame-avoidance

Professor Christopher Hood, University of Oxford.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 05 February 2010, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The role of Gata3 in the emergence of hematopoietic stem cells - a link between the hematopoietic and sympathetic nervous system

Katrin Ottersbach, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 05 February 2010, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Stem Cells in Mammalian epidermis"

Prof. Fiona Watt - Wellcome Trust for Stem Cell Research, Cambridge..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 04 February 2010, 14:30-16:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Prof Nicola Clayton - Do Animals Make Shopping Lists?

Professor Nicola Clayton ( Department of Experimental Psychology).

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 02 February 2010, 20:00-21:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Risk and the Brain: The neural basis of decision making under uncertainty

Professor John O'Doherty, Trinity College Dublin.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 29 January 2010, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Epigenetic signatures of stem-cell identity - CANCELLED

Veronique Azuara, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Imperial College.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 29 January 2010, 00:00-00:00

Foster Talks

Title to be confirmed

Dr Emma Rawlins.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 28 January 2010, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Insights into the molecular pathogenesis of Huntington's disease"

Prof. Gillian Bates - King's College London School of Medicine.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 28 January 2010, 14:30-16:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

The evolution of determinism: an evolutionary history of mechanisms underlying insect wing patterning

Robert Ray, School of Life Sciences, University of Sussex.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 27 January 2010, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Lord Robert Winston (Free Entry)

Lord Robert Winston.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 26 January 2010, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

The ins and outs of hearing: amplification and coding in the mammalian cochlea

Jonathan Ashmore, UCL..

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 25 January 2010, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Risk: Science and the Media

Dr Ben Goldacre, The Guardian.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 22 January 2010, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

What are the cells in the developing vertebrate retina doing?

Bill Harris, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 January 2010, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Title to be confirmed

Prof Lopez-Barneo.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 21 January 2010, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Organising microtubule organisers (and some new proteomics tools)

Dr Ken Sawin, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell Biology, Edinburgh..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 21 January 2010, 14:30-16:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Risk: Trying to quantify our uncertainty

Professor David Spiegelhalter, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 15 January 2010, 17:30-18:30

gc399's list

Large Intergenic Non-Coding RNAs: From Discovery to Mechanism

Host: Prof. Tony Kouzarides

Dr. John L. Rinn, Harvard Medical School, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, The Broad Institute.

Tea Room, The Gurdon Institute, Tennis Court Road.

Thursday 17 December 2009, 16:30-17:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Homeobox genes, genome organization and animal evolution

David Ferrier, The Gatty Marine Laboratory, University of St Andrews.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 16 December 2009, 13:00-14:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

R.A. Fisher Exhibition

Prof. AWF Edwards.

Library, Department of Genetics.

Tuesday 08 December 2009, 09:30-16:30

Foster Talks

A systems approach to cellular shape and motion

Professor Jonathon Howard, Director of Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 03 December 2009, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Obesity and insulin resistance: Lessons from human genetics

Prof. Stephen O’Rahilly, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge.

Anatomy Lecture Theatre, Anatomy Building Downing Site.

Wednesday 02 December 2009, 16:00-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Limbs gone batty: A second wave of Sonic Hedgehog expression during the development of the bat limb

Dorit Hockman, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 02 December 2009, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Prof. David Colquhoun - Science in an Age of Endarkenment

Prof David Colquhoun.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 01 December 2009, 20:00-21:00

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

Drosophila Mig10/Lamellipodin/Riam regulates actin cable formation during oogenesis

Sven Huelsmann. Gurdon Institute, Cambridge.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Monday 30 November 2009, 16:00-16:45

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Molecular control of axon pathfinding in the visual system

Robert Hindges, MRC Neurobiology Unit, King's College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 November 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

The importance of context in protein misfolding and aggregation

Anne Bertolotti, MRC LMB, Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 26 November 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Cell-Cell Communication during Fertilization in Arabidopsis: a Surprising Link to Disease Resistance

Prof. Ueli Grossniklaus - Institute of Plant Biology, University of Zurich.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 26 November 2009, 14:30-16:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Fingers, fins and faces: the role of fossils in documenting the assembly of modern bodyplans

Matt Friedman, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Oxford.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 25 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Prof. Anthony Hollander - Claudia's Tracha and other Stem Cell Stories

Prof. Anthony Hollander.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 24 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

“How experience changes the circuitry of the brain”.

Annual Adrian Lecture

Tobias Bonhoeffer, Max Planck Institute of Neurobiology, Martinsried..

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 23 November 2009, 16:30-17:30

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

Molecular basis for activation of Spätzle in dorsoventral patterning and innate immunity

Nick Gay. Department of Biochemistry, Cambridge.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Monday 23 November 2009, 16:00-16:45

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Establishing and manipulating pluripotency in the early embryo

Jenny Nichols, Stem Cell Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 November 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Clockwork in the embryo

Julian lewis.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 19 November 2009, 16:00-17:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Prof. Rupert Sheldrake - Morphic Resonance, Collective Momory, and the Habits of Nature

Prof. Rupert Sheldrake.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 17 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

“Olfaction as a model for brain organization: from Adrian to the present”.

Gordon Shepherd, Yale University..

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 16 November 2009, 16:30-17:30

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

How different are male and female fly brains?

Sebastian Cachero. LMB, Cambridge.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Monday 16 November 2009, 16:00-16:45

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Developmental programming of the placenta

Abby Fowden, PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 13 November 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Title to be confirmed

Steve Williams, MRC LMB, Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 12 November 2009, 16:00-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Systematics, homology and speciation in time and space.

Julie Hawkins, University of Reading.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 November 2009, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

The Science of Spinning Things

Dr. Hugh Hunt.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 10 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

“Nociception and pain in early life: the emergence of endogenous control systems”.

Maria Fitzgerald, UCL..

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 09 November 2009, 16:30-17:30

Gurdon Institute Fly Talks

The anatomical basis of a neuropeptide’s various functions: Pigment-Dispersing Factor and circadian timekeeping in Drosophila

Orie Shafer, Molecular, Cellular & Developmental Biology, University of Michigan.

Gurdon Institute Tea Room.

Monday 09 November 2009, 16:00-16:45

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Balancing self-renewal and differentiation in the Drosophila nervous system

Andrea Brand, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 November 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

"Chromatin architecture and transcription: a view form the fly genome"

Steve Russell, Dept of Genetics, Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 05 November 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Cell fate specification and tissue morphogenesis in the Drosophila mesoderm"

Prof. Manfred Frasch - Developmental Biology, University of Erlangen - Nuremberg.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 05 November 2009, 14:30-16:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Prof. John Beddington - Title TBC

Prof. John Beddington.

Union Society Building, 9a Bridge Street.

Tuesday 03 November 2009, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

“Modeling synaptic plasticity across multiple time scales”.

Wulfram Gerstner EPFL..

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 02 November 2009, 16:30-17:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Sir David King - 21st Century Challanges

Sir David King - Former chief scientific advisor to the UK government.

Union Society Building, 9a Bridge Street.

Friday 30 October 2009, 20:00-21:00

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The role of transcriptional regulators in extraembryonic cell-fate decisions

Kathy Niakan, Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 30 October 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

'Understanding the MRC's failure to fund Edwards' and Steptoe's work that led to the birth of Louise Brown

Martin Johnson, Dept of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 29 October 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Modelling human neurodegenerative diseases in Drosophila"

Dr Aaron Voigt.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 29 October 2009, 14:30-16:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The long and short of Hox non-coding RNAs

Matthew Ronshaugen, Faculty of Life Sciences, University of Manchester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 October 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Cancelled

Enrico Coen, John Innes Center, Norwich.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 22 October 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Initiation of Centrosome separation in G2 phase requires concerted actio of Plk1, Aurora A kinase and Eg5, but occurs independently of Cdk1

Dr Helfrid Hochegger - Sussex centre for Genome damage and Stability.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 22 October 2009, 14:30-16:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

How the fly got its sexy legs: the origin and evolution of Drosophila sex combs

Artyom Kopp, Department of Evolution and Ecology, University of California-Davis, USA.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 21 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Marcus du Sautoy - Finding Moonshine

Free Event - The Freshers' Squash

Marcus du Sautoy - Simonyi Professor for the Public Understanding of Science.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 20 October 2009, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Investigating the firing properties of motoneurones with dynamic clamp and modelling

Claude Meunier René Descartes University, Paris..

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 19 October 2009, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Hedgehog signalling and myogenesis in the zebrafish

Philip Ingham, Institute of Molecular and Cell Biology Singapore.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 16 October 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Pathobiology of antitrypsin deficiency and the serpinopathies

David Lomas, Cambridge Institute for Medical Research, Addenbrookes Site, Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 15 October 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Mechanisms of morphogenesis in early Drosophila embryos"

Dr Benedicte Sanson - PDN.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 15 October 2009, 14:30-16:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Evolution and development of the deuterostome pharynx: insight from sharks and hemichordate worms

Andrew Gillis, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 14 October 2009, 13:00-14:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Computational modeling of long-range connections in superficial layers of visual cortex V1

Steven Zucker, Yale University.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 12 October 2009, 16:30-17:30

Foster Talks

"Shaping the amniote embryo: the cellular mechanisms of chick morphogenesis

Octavian Voiculescu, Dept of PDN.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 08 October 2009, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

How to control respiration: hydroxylation, hypoxia, and HIF

Professor Randall Johnson (University of California).

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Monday 28 September 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Systems Genetics of complex Traits in Drosophila"

Note unusual time - Seminar will be held at 16:00pm

Prof. Trudy Mackay - NC State Univeristy.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 24 September 2009, 16:00-17:30

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Chromatin control in development and disease"

Prof. Peter Verrijzer - Erasmus University Medical School, Rotterdam.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 11 June 2009, 14:30-16:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

The imprinted atypical Notch ligand Dlk1 and the regulation of adult neurogenesis

Anne Ferguson-Smith - PDN, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 05 June 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Insect gut feelings: development and function of visceral neurons in Drosophila

Irene Miguel-Aliaga - Zoology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 29 May 2009, 13:15-13:55

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Division versus differentiation in the embryonic nervous system

Anna Philpott - Department of Oncology, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 22 May 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Title to be confirmed

Professor Sarah Bray, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 21 May 2009, 16:00-17:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Delays and coincidences in spatial hearing

Prof. Philip Joris, University of Leuven.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 18 May 2009, 16:30-17:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Taking a Shot at neuronal growth in Drosophila

Andreas Prokop - Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, University of Manchester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 15 May 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Function and regulation of the PTEN tumour suppressor in neurons: from axon guidance to soma size control

Britta Eickholt, King's College London.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 14 May 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Watching transcription in living cells"

Dr Jonathan Chubb - Division of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Dundee..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 14 May 2009, 14:30-16:30

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

TRPV1: hot new channels in the hippocampus

Prof. Julie Kauer, Brown University.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 11 May 2009, 16:30-17:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Filling Tomorrow's Pipeline - A discussion with Dr Martin Mackay, President of Pfizer Global Research and Development

Dr Martin Mackay, President of Pfizer Global Research & Development.

Wolfson Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Friday 08 May 2009, 14:30-15:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Genetic Specification of Neuronal Circuitry: How Are Different Types of Neurons Made in the Vertebrate Spinal Cord?

Katharine Lewis - PDN University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 08 May 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Connexins and carbonic anhydrases: pH regulators in heart and in cancer

Richard Vaughan-Jones, University of Oxford.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 07 May 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Integrated analysis of memory phase dynamic in Drosophila

Dr Thomas Preat - CNRS, Paris.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 07 May 2009, 14:30-16:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Integrins: force-responsive connectors for morphogenesis

Nick Brown, The Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 01 May 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Epigenetic control of genome function - physiology development and neuroscience of genomic imprinting in mouse

Anne Ferguson-Smith, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 30 April 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Tales from Irish genetics: from Milesius to Niall of the Nine Hostages.

Prof. Dan Bradley - Trinity College, Dublin.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 30 April 2009, 14:30-16:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

SciSoc Annual Founders' Dinner with Simon Baron-Cohen

Tickets on sale now: visit http://groupspaces.com/SciSoc/e/11972?s=e223a8bf

Professor Simon Baron-Cohen, Director of the Autism Research Centre at the University of Cambridge.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Monday 27 April 2009, 18:00-22:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Synaptic mechanisms of neocortical sensory processing

Prof. Carl Petersen, Lausanne.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 27 April 2009, 16:30-17:30

Foster Talks

Glass figures: a role for complex cells in visual processing?

David Berry, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 23 April 2009, 16:00-17:00

Foster Talks

Glass figures: a role for complex cells in visual processing?

Horace Barlow, University of Cambridge.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 23 April 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Evolution of embryonic pluripotency and the early lineages of the mammalian blastocyst".

Dr Miguel Manzanares - CNIC, Madrid.

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 23 April 2009, 14:30-16:30

Foster Talks

Molecular and computational aspects of neuronal motility

Professor Vincent Torre, SISSA, Trieste.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Wednesday 18 March 2009, 16:00-17:00

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Octopus: Old Friends Through the Looking Glass

Rahul Parnaik, Department of Neurobiology, University of Chicago.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 11 March 2009, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Fighting Blindness in the Developing World

Brendan Moriarty MD.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 10 March 2009, 20:00-21:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

The Boundaries of Darwinism

Professor John Dupre, University of Exeter.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 06 March 2009, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

How does smell turn into behaviour?

Gregory Jefferis - Division of Neurobiology LMB Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 March 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

G L Brown prize lecture: "And the beat goes on. The cardiac conduction system: the wiring of the heart"

Mark Boyett, University of Manchester.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 05 March 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

How does centralspindlin form microtubule bundles and accumulate on them during cytokinesis.

Dr Masanori Mishima - Gurdon Institute, Cambridge University..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 05 March 2009, 14:30-16:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

When The Golden Chain Breaks: Sleep Dysfunction in Neurogenerative Disorder

Dr Jenny Morton.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 03 March 2009, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Amazing TRP channels: from Aristotle´s five senses to TRPpathies

Prof. Bernd Nilius, University of Leuven.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 02 March 2009, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Is Human Evolution Over?

Professor Steve Jones, University College London.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 27 February 2009, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Regulatory logic for cell specification during early embryogenesis

Paola Oliveri - University College London.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 27 February 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Cardiac t-tubules: Ca2+ handling microdomains

Clive Orchard, University of Bristol.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 26 February 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Phospho-dependent Activation and Silencing of the Spindle Checkpoint"

Dr Kevin Hardwick - WTC for Cell Biology, University of Edinburgh..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 26 February 2009, 14:30-16:30

Evolution and Development Seminar Series

Limb architecture in arthropods - how to build a uniramous leg

Carsten Wolff, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Institut für Biologie, Germany.

Part II Lecture Theatre, Department of Zoology.

Wednesday 25 February 2009, 13:00-14:00

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Shedding Light on Dark Matter

Professor Gerard Gilmore, Institute of Astronomy.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 24 February 2009, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Useful signals from motor cortex

Prof. Andrew Schwartz, University of Pittsburgh.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 23 February 2009, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Evolution and Conservation of Biodiversity

Professor Craig Moritz, University of California.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 20 February 2009, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Sex Determination Mechanisms in Zebrafish

John Postlethwait - Institute of Neuroscience University of Oregon.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 20 February 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

RNA-based guidance in axons

Christine Holt, Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 19 February 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Systems biology of genetic interactions in yeast"

Dr Balazs Papp - Biological Research Center, Szeged..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 19 February 2009, 14:30-16:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Darwin and Human Society

Professor Paul Seabright, University of Toulouse.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 13 February 2009, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Differential chromatin marking of introns and expressed exons by H3K36me3

Julie Ahringer - The Gurdon Institute University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 13 February 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Plasticity, Regeneration and Repair of Spinal Cord Injury

James Fawcett, Cambridge Centre for Brain Repair.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 12 February 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

"Molecular mechanisms of microtubule associated protein tau and alpha-synuclein in neurodegenerative disease"

Dr Richard Wade-Martins - University of Oxford..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 12 February 2009, 14:30-16:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Trick or Treatment? Alternative Medicine on Trial

Simon Singh.

Bristol-Myers Squibb Lecture Theatre, Department of Chemistry, Lensfield Road.

Tuesday 10 February 2009, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

Measuring and modelling the development of ordered nerve connections

Prof. David Willshaw, University of Edinburgh.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 09 February 2009, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Darwin in the Literary World

Professor Rebecca Stott, University of East Anglia.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 06 February 2009, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Molecular basis of development and degeneration of sensory hair cells in deafness

Karen Steel - Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute Hinxton, Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 06 February 2009, 13:15-13:55

Genetics Department Seminar Series

The interplay of Notch with Shh and Wnt signalling in mesoderm development.

Dr Kim Dale - Division of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Dundee..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 05 February 2009, 14:30-16:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Evolution From Malaria to Manuscripts

Professor Chris Howe, Department of Biochemistry.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 03 February 2009, 20:00-21:00

Adrian Seminars in Neuroscience

From Cell Signaling to Function in Large-Scale Neural Networks

Prof. Jorn Hounsgaard, University of Copenhagen.

Hodgkin-Huxley Lecture Theatre, Department of Physiology Development and Neuroscience.

Monday 02 February 2009, 16:30-17:30

Darwin College Lecture Series

Global Darwin

Professor Jim Secord, University of Cambridge.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 30 January 2009, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Intercellular signalling and intracellular transport during axis specification in Drosophila

Isabel Palacios - Department of Zoology University of Cambridge.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 30 January 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

New insights into neurogenic hypertension

Julian Paton, University of Bristol.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 29 January 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Building bridges between genes, brains and language.

http://royalsociety.org/page.asp?id=1512

Dr Simon Fisher - WTC for Human Genetics, University of Oxford..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 29 January 2009, 14:30-16:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Unpredictability and Chance in Scientific Progress

Prof Sir John Meurig Thomas.

Pharmacology Lecture Theatre, Tennis Court Road (www.scisoc.com for directions).

Tuesday 27 January 2009, 20:00-21:00

Darwin College Lecture Series

Darwin's Intellectual Development

Professor Janet Browne, Harvard University.

LMH, Lady Mitchell Hall.

Friday 23 January 2009, 17:30-18:30

Developmental Biology Seminar Series

Regulation of Dpp signalling in Drosophila

Hilary Ashe - Faculty of Life Sciences University of Manchester.

Biffen Lecture Theatre, Genetics, Department of.

Friday 23 January 2009, 13:15-13:55

Foster Talks

Tonic inhibition regulates the transfer of sensory information through the cerebellar cortex

Ian Duguid.

Hodgkin Huxley Seminar Room, Physiology Building, Downing Site.

Thursday 22 January 2009, 16:00-17:00

Genetics Department Seminar Series

Gene-lifestyle interaction in type 2 diabetes

Prof. Nick Wareham - Director, MRC Epidemiology Unit, Addenbrooke's Hospital..

Part II room, Department of Genetics.

Thursday 22 January 2009, 14:30-16:30

SciSoc - Cambridge University Scientific Society (CUSS)

Cognitive Enhancement: Hope or Dope?

FREE ADMITTANCE

Panel Debate - see abstract.

McCrum Lecture Theatre, Benet Street (behind The Eagle pub, www.scisoc.com for directions).

Monday 19 January 2009, 19:30-21:00